Category: Data Governance

  • Why health IT is the core of reform

    Why IT is the core of the healthcare renaissance kevinmd.com Warning! I am a practicing doctor who sees real patients using an electronic medical record (EMR). My sole agenda is to provide the best patient care. I have no financial stake in information technology (IT). However, unlike the editorial board at… http://flip.it/YDFkX Related articles Practice…

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  • The Leaderless Organization: more makers and fewer managers

      Greg, digitaltonto.com Good leadership, after all, is defined by its absence. Related posts:• 3 Levels of Strategy • Apple’s (not so) Stupid Strategy • How Companies Fail • 21st Century Strategy • Why The Lunatics Really Do Run The Asylum http://flip.it/Qfaj5 The Leaderless Organization Related articles Why Some Of The World’s Best Leaders Are…

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  • John Hodgman’s Apocalypse Survival 101

    beeeeeenr, youtube.com YouTube http://flip.it/W9TP2 http://flip.it/hVJfB John Hodgman’s Apocalypse Survival 101 Related articles Design, explained: John Hodgman at TED2012 (ted.com) Chaos, squeaky toys, and deranged millionaires: 5 TEDx Talks to get you laughing (tedx.com)

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  • Why you do not need to be irradiated by airport security

    For those about to opt-out: a TSA scanning machine cheat-sheet Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net As Cory notes in this pre-Thanksgiving trav­el day post, some trav­el­ers in Amer­i­ca will be opt­ing out of scan­ning machines in TSA lines for pri­va­cy con­cerns, or for health and safe­ty rea­sons. I want­ed to post a reminder, how­ev­er, tha… RT @xeni:…

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  • Roger Ebert on education: more content, fewer sports stadiums

    Hello, Mr. President? It’s me, Roger Ebert – Salon.com By Roger Ebert, salon.com I think we need an emergency education program, investing in basics — and not $60 million high school stadiums I would ask the pres­i­dent for an emer­gency edu­ca­tion pro­gram. Our stu­dents at every level are below Amer­i­can his­tor­i­cal no… RT @ebertchicago: What…

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  • How information science empowered Obama’s reelection

    When the Nerds Go Marching In James Fallows, theatlantic.com How a dream team of engineers from Facebook, Twitter, and Google built the software that drove Barack Obama’s reelection The Obama cam­paign’s tech­nol­o­gists were tense and tired. It was game day and every­thing was going wrong. Josh Thay­er… When the Nerds Go Marching In – Alexis…

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  • Christie flip flops after hurricane Sandy

    Chris Christie listened to Rupert Murdoch’s warning, re-backed Romney – Salon.com By David Daley, salon.com After the Fox News chief threatened the governor on Twitter, the two men quickly talked, and Christie got on board Rupert Mur­doch’s warn­ing tweet — telling Chris Christie in the midst of Hur­ri­cane Sandy cleanup that the New Jer­sey gov­er­no……

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  • Marco Rubio, the Tea party and the Big Bang

    Listen up, Marco Rubio!: Science lessons for the tea party – Salon.com By William Bynum, salon.com Marco Rubio doesn’t know how old the Earth is. Maybe he and his GOP pals need this refresher on the Big Bang If a film of the his­to­ry of the uni­verse had been made, what would hap­pen if you…

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  • LinkedIn and identity theft

    Identity fraud more common among LinkedIn users – Salon.com By Natasha Lennard, salon.com The personal information openly shared on social media sites is a goldmine for fraudsters The pro­lif­er­a­tion of per­son­al infor­ma­tion shared via social media cor­re­lates with a sig­nif­i­cant spike in instances of iden­ti­ty fraud. In 201… RT @Salon: “A goldmine for fraudsters”: Identity…

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  • Cory Booker goes on food stamps to show us what food insecurity feels like

    Cory Booker goes on food stamps – Salon.com By Mary Elizabeth Williams, salon.com The Newark mayor goes on a food-stamp diet to show us what poverty tastes like Cory Book­er is a rare and unique brand of politi­cian. Cory Book­er is a human being. Since tak­ing office in 2006, the mayor of Newark has made…

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  • Doomsday preppers: Americans stockpiling beans and bullets

    “Doomsday Preppers”: Living like you’re gonna die tomorrow – Salon.com By Roger Catlin, salon.com Forget “The Walking Dead” and “Revolution.” These National Geographic characters are truly ready for doomsday The envy was fair­ly pal­pa­ble among the gath­ered “Dooms­day Prep­pers” as the 25-ton, 10-foot-tall, 18-inch-thick doors swung open,… RT @NYTjamescobb: Doomsday preppers “imagine they’ll have the…

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  • Fox News tries to ditch conservative propaganda

    Fox News adjusts to new reality as it faces four more years of Obama Paul Harris in New York, guardian.co.uk It’s the go-to network for outraged conservatives – but now Fox News has benched two high-profile pundits, and shown signs of retreat. Is the US’s biggest cable news network going moderate? For America’s liberals, it…

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